TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The main startups hubs in the country have traditionally been São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, but now a new wave of cities are building their own thriving local startup ecosystems, including Recife with Porto Digital hub and Florianópolis with Acate.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) last week sent ripples in startup ecosystems around the world, and it is emerging that millions of dollars held by African startups and venture capital funds at the bank were at stake, until the U.S. Federal Reserve acted to save the day. The reason that SVB can do loans in the U.S.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Salyer served as a member of the Council Finance Committee, Council Economic Development Committee, and as chairman of the Council Social Services Committee. How did you get into the accounting and finance staffing industry? Increasing the diversity in our start-up ecosystem also requires a strategic focus.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Oklahoma’s Technology Business Finance Program (TBFP) Seed Fund is a nationally recognized best practices example of legislated early stage capital that has stood a 20-plus year test of time. Tax credits are another financial tool that states have attempted to use with varying success to stimulate early-stage investment in startups.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 1, 2021

For Monica and Joe it’s a matter of extending the runway to keep the company onboard, and get enough commercial momentum to advance their next round of financing. Monica came back from a morning coffee with one of her Board members, Albert. Abuse takes place because of cognitive dissonance rather than misdeed or malefaction.

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Founders Coop

AUGUST 7, 2018

It’s incredible to look back at how far our startup ecosystem has come in that time. In 2015 we closed our third and largest fund to date , allowing us to double-down on our strategy of filling the seed-stage financing gap in the Pacific Northwest. Seattle in 2013 was a different place.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). Venture Partners may also consult with companies directly or serve on boards, in which case we’ll expedite their being compensated directly by the relevant company. How to find a job as a VC scout.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Much of this can trickle down into the startup ecosystem. TechCrunch’s Kate Clark has done a round-up of the largest “private VC” rounds of 2018, and there’s a whole other list for just $100M+ financings led by Softbank’s Vision Fund. I am expecting a downturn at some point.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Its seed round was a $3 million financing led by Austin-based Springdale Ventures in 2020. 6 VCs talk the future of Austin’s exploding startup ecosystem. “We received three term sheets and were able to put together an all-star investment group.” Prior to the Series A, Eterneva has raised a total of $6.7

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Feedough

APRIL 14, 2021

Thus, acqui-hiring establishes them in a reputable position which aids them in obtaining financing for future projects. A failed startup is not required to accept the blame. Investors not getting an equal share of the company’s net worth is one of the controversial issues in the startup ecosystem.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. Fly out to CA, NY, BOS and tell investors that you’ll willing to do the majority of board meetings there. You only want them to commit to attending 1-2 board meetings a year in your home town. I spoke publicly about Silicon Silliness and how to brand a local startup community here.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

From an investor’s perspective, 2022 witnessed a sudden market reversal from an extreme equity seller’s market to an equity buyer’s market, causing dislocations throughout angel, VC, and startup ecosystems. Greater governance role for limited partner Boards of Advisors. 2 A (temporary) venture capital reset?

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

As an influential figure in Nigeria’s tech ecosystem, Soyombo has access to almost any important deal in the market. I’ve built that network within the startup ecosystem and reputation as an angel always ready to help. Often, his deal flows are filled with startups seeking six-figure pre-seed to seed investments.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. —– Greater Colorado Venture Fund (GCVF) is a $17M seed fund that invests in high growth startups in rural Colorado using equity and Flexible VC structuring.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. —– Greater Colorado Venture Fund (GCVF) is a $17M seed fund that invests in high growth startups in rural Colorado using equity and Flexible VC structuring.

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Investing industry bible PitchBook has crowned OurCrowd as “the most active venture capital investor in Israel this year as record amounts of capital flood into the country’s startup ecosystem.” joined the company’s advisory board. . Bower joins Edgybees shortly after Lieut. McMaster (US Army, ret.)

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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

That’s all about to change with the Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle revolution – and it’s making its way into the startup ecosystem. Former Mossad Director Tamir Pardo has joined the advisory board of our portfolio company NanoLock Security. Classiq adds HSBC, NTT Finance to $36M Series B.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The firm’s advisory board is headed by Aya Jakobovits, PhD, Founding CEO of Kite Pharma, which was acquired by Gilead for $11.9B. The 2022 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit , the biggest investor event in the Middle East, will take place in Jerusalem on May 25, once again bringing the entire startup ecosystem together.

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HPA

APRIL 7, 2020

HPA recently created a resource guide that aggregated information on finance assistance and business operations. Built In Chicago: Online community hub for Chicago startups and tech. Built In Chicago is an online community that provides information on job openings, tech news and events for the startup ecosystem in Chicago.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

Existing backers ATX Ventures, Integr8d Capital, Stage 2 Capital and HubSpot Ventures also participated in the financing, which brings the startup’s total funding to $26.3 The funding comes amid a year of growth for the startup, which has dual headquarters in Austin and Philadelphia. million since its 2018 inception.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 7, 2022

Board chairman Mark Templeton is the former president and CEO of Citrix. This $45M convertible note is offered at 25% discount off the next financing round. IPOs and a startup ecosystem now numbering 9,000 different companies. It all shows that our little Startup Nation is growing up nicely into Scale-Up Nation.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

When we launched in 2010, I saw a white space: a burgeoning NY tech ecosystem, but only one angel group regularly writing checks. I quickly recruited a board of experienced hands. Many of my board members are still there, a decade later. . Goldman Sachs bought Clarity for ~$100m. .

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

The first was in July of 2014, when we made the unusual move of raising and announcing another round of private financing while on file to go public. Today, my best advice is to be prepared, and when things get tough, for founders, boards and comms teams to take a deep breath and not overreact (I could write a whole blog post on this).

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

When we launched in 2010, I saw a white space: a burgeoning NY tech ecosystem, but only one angel group regularly writing checks. I quickly recruited a board of experienced hands. Many of my board members are still there, a decade later. . Goldman Sachs bought Clarity for ~$100m. .

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

As more growth and crossover investors came into the startup ecosystem they were often eager to put capital to work and happy to consolidate their positions with common or preferred shares from early employees, founders and previous investors. This doesn’t happen — a Board would stop it” (or whatever). You might think, “Hunter!

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 5, 2023

So when my co founder William and I first founded Plaid, we had this vision that we wanted to create, tools to help consumers better analyze their finances. And then, one day we went into a board meeting, and the revenue finally came in. So Plaid had a bit of a rocky early start. This was in 2012, and we were based in New York City.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. Fintech (specifically embedded finance or financial SaaS), synthetic bio. Jumpspeed invests exclusively in pre-seed and seed-stage startups from the Jerusalem startup ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Do you expect to see a surge in more founders coming from geographies outside major cities in the years to come, with startup hubs losing people due to the pandemic and lingering concerns, plus the attraction of remote work? Yes, the acceptance of working remotely will democratize the startup ecosystem globally.

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